Senior Education Welfare Officer - Nunhead - Job - iPeople SC Solutions Limited

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Senior Education Welfare Officer - Nunhead iPeople SC Solutions is currently recruiting fora Senior Education Welfare Officer for our client based in Southwark and surrounding areas. The successful post holder willprovide an effective and targeted education inclusion service in a specialist team within Southwark's Family Early Help service and delivering upon the Council's Fairer Future promises in supporting children, young people and their families. Duties and Responsibilities To work in partnership with parents, young people and schools to ensure that all children of compulsory school age access education. To ensure at all times that maximum effort is given to keeping young people in education with particular attention given to promoting full-time attendance (for those of compulsory school age) and preventing exclusion through educational achievement, positive behaviour and constructive activity for the children and young people of Southwark. To promote and support schools, families and young people with steps to prevent permanent exclusion including the use of managed moves where appropriate, supporting the development of multi-agency agency plans to keep children and young people in school. To provide a timely and effective service to schools, families and other stakeholders in relation to the discharge of Southwark Council's statutory responsibilities in relation to attendance and inclusion, including delivering on the full range of parental responsibility measures up to and including prosecution for persistent non-attendance. To provide timely and effective screening and assessment for young people assessed as being at risk of exclusion, ensuring that appropriate support and intervention is secured at the earliest opportunity using a Team Around the Family approach. To conduct attendance investigations where necessary and provide expert advice and consultation to schools, Family Early Help practitioners and social workers where the threshold for enforcement action is met and in preparing cases for the education legal planning process. To lead on education legal planning meetings, education supervision orders, parenting orders and interviews under caution in order to progress and present cases at magistrates court and family court under the Education Act (1996) where appropriate. To contribute to the screening and locating of children missing education (CME) on behalf of the Family Early Help Service via attendance at the CME panel in liaison with schools and parents, to ensure those children access education as soon as possible in accordance with Southwark's CME protocol. To proactively provide oversight and consultation to Family Early Help practitioners and managers to ensure that all cases meeting the threshold for enforcement action for persistent non-attendance are identified screened and that timely and appropriate decisions are made and recorded in relation to the need for escalation to education legal planning. Requirement Enhanced DBS on the update service Previousexperience as aEducation Welfare Officer If you are interested in this position, please apply with your CV. Apply for this position Full Name Email Phone Upload CV/Resume Allowed Type(s): .pdf, .doc, .docx By using this form you agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website. Register with us and one of our experienced iPeople recruits will let you know when the perfect job becomes available. Do you know someone you think would be perfect for one of our job vacancies? 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Jun 20, 2025

Full time

School Education Welfare/Attendance Officer - Southwark

Randstad Education

Do you have experience of working in a school office in an administrative capacity? Could you help to achieve a school mission to improve results through increasing and monitoring attendance? Then we could have the job for you! We are currently recruiting for Education Welfare / Attendance officer for a Secondary School in the London Borough of Greenwich. With a working knowledge of the School Information Management System (SIMS), candidates MUST have previous experience of working in an educational establishment, as you will be expected to hit the ground running and deliver a high standard of work in a fast-paced environment. Permanent - Term Time Only 42 Weeks Per Year 37.5 Hours Per Week Salary £32,475.07 per annum (FTE £35,104) THE JOB Under the guidance of senior staff; be responsible for improving School attendance and absence, family liaison/support and leading co-coordinated support including Work with the parents to help them understand and fulfil their legal responsibilities in relation to School attendance and assist in the development of a partnership between the home and School Support the School in fulfilling its statutory duties in relation to attendance and be capable of instigating legal action following appropriate protocols. Work with Schools and other agencies to reduce persistent absence, improve social/educational inclusion, and behaviour. To monitor whole School attendance data and advise key staff of trends, concerns and referrals. Undertake duties commensurate with the Safeguarding agenda for children including representing the School at Child Protection meetings and conferences in order to contribute to quorate decision making. To refer cases to the School's Designated Person for Safeguarding (Child Protection). REQUIREMENTS Excellent administrative and ICT skills, including attention to detail on data entry work, and the ability to multi-task Previous experience of working in a school environment SIMS experience (particularly the attendance module) gained from working in a school, voluntarily or paid, as well as experience with Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Excel A qualification in Business Administration would be an advantage but is not essential Effective communication skills, particularly a good written standard of English The ability to work with high levels of tact, confidentiality and discretion A patient approach towards working with children and adults alike WHAT NEXT? CLICK APPLY To discuss this in more detail, please contact Rachel rogers, via email at the London Education Support Branch All candidates will be subject to Randstad Education's child protection and UK eligibility checks, including enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and full referencing process, and the cost of any new police check (DBS) required will be met by the candidate. If you are suitable, an interview would be offered immediately and you could start working in the school soon after. ABOUT US Randstad Education is the UK Market Leader for recruitment within education. We have been helping teachers and support staff to find temporary and permanent roles in schools, colleges and nurseries for nearly twenty years. Working with over 2500 schools each week, our staff support over 135,000 children every day across the country, so we can find the right match for your skills.

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Full time

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